Elea
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in England and Wales.
Elea by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Elea. In the US, 11 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Elea
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ellaall, completely; fairy maiden8,020 in the US (2017)
- Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)
- Elsanoble; form of Elisabeth424 in the US (2017)
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Elmanoble protector; a form of elmer or wilhelmina31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elyamy god is yahweh; modern form of Elijah6 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Elea
Names that are said the same way as Elea, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Elea
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